Degree Contracts in South Yorkshire

Academic Degree
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire with a requirement for Degree qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 15 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 +17 -6
Contract jobs citing Degree 45 37 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 10.09% 9.69% 6.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 50.56% 40.66% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 25 33
10th Percentile £143 £344 £281
25th Percentile £442 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £490 £340
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +44.12% -35.85%
75th Percentile £554 £590 £450
90th Percentile £600 £607 £550
Yorkshire median daily rate £501 £434 £450
% change year-on-year +15.22% -3.47% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £20.78
Median % change year-on-year - +140.62% +88.91%
Yorkshire median hourly rate £38.75 £30.05 £20.78
% change year-on-year +28.95% +44.61% +88.91%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Yorkshire

Degree falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 89 91 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 19.96% 23.82% 18.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 68 101
10th Percentile £187 £339 £281
25th Percentile £220 £403 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £581 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.41% +16.26% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £691 £575
90th Percentile £650 £720 £715
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £9.67
25th Percentile £11.75 - £11.52
Median hourly rate £13.50 £50.00 £14.83
Median % change year-on-year -73.00% +237.27% +25.85%
75th Percentile £15.25 - £17.91
90th Percentile - - £19.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £38.75 £30.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year +29.17% +60.00% +8.16%

Degree
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings citing Degree as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Degree in South Yorkshire

Degree
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Degree in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Degree in South Yorkshire

Degree
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Degree in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Degree in South Yorkshire

Degree
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Degree in South Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Degree in South Yorkshire

Degree
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield -1 36 £525 +6.06% 42
Doncaster +1 3 - - 15
Degree
Yorkshire

Degree
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (11.11%) MS Visio
3 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (31.11%) Power Platform
2 6 (13.33%) AWS
2 6 (13.33%) GCP
3 5 (11.11%) Azure
4 2 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.44%) GitHub
4 2 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.22%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
1 1 (2.22%) Wireless
1 1 (2.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (31.11%) MySQL
1 14 (31.11%) Power BI
1 14 (31.11%) Qlik Sense
1 14 (31.11%) Relational Database
2 4 (8.89%) DB2
3 3 (6.67%) Data Mining
4 2 (4.44%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.44%) Tableau
5 1 (2.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) JIRA
2 5 (11.11%) Git
3 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.22%) Burp Suite
4 1 (2.22%) Metasploit
General
1 22 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 10 (22.22%) Finance
3 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.56%) Public Sector
5 6 (13.33%) Banking
6 3 (6.67%) Police
6 3 (6.67%) Retail
7 2 (4.44%) Back Office
7 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.44%) Law
7 2 (4.44%) Publishing
8 1 (2.22%) International Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (35.56%) Data Scientist
2 9 (20.00%) Developer
3 3 (6.67%) Programme Manager
3 3 (6.67%) Python Developer
4 2 (4.44%) Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Architect
4 2 (4.44%) Business Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (4.44%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (4.44%) IT Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Java Developer
4 2 (4.44%) Service Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (4.44%) Trainer
5 1 (2.22%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (2.22%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (2.22%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (2.22%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 15 (33.33%) CSS
1 15 (33.33%) HTML
2 3 (6.67%) REST
3 1 (2.22%) Dask
3 1 (2.22%) Django
3 1 (2.22%) Flask
3 1 (2.22%) NLTK
3 1 (2.22%) NumPy
3 1 (2.22%) Pandas
3 1 (2.22%) Pyramid
3 1 (2.22%) PyTorch
3 1 (2.22%) React
3 1 (2.22%) RESTful
3 1 (2.22%) scikit-learn
3 1 (2.22%) SciPy
3 1 (2.22%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Algorithms
1 4 (8.89%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.67%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.67%) iSeries
2 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.44%) Blockchain
4 1 (2.22%) AS400
4 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
4 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.22%) IVR
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.22%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.89%) Windows
2 3 (6.67%) OS/400
3 1 (2.22%) Android
3 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 19 (42.22%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (40.00%) Data Science
4 17 (37.78%) ITIL
5 16 (35.56%) Data Modelling
6 14 (31.11%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (31.11%) Data Security
6 14 (31.11%) ITSM
6 14 (31.11%) Scrum
7 13 (28.89%) Service Management
8 11 (24.44%) DevOps
8 11 (24.44%) Proactive Management
8 11 (24.44%) Problem Management
9 9 (20.00%) Agile
10 7 (15.56%) Project Management
11 6 (13.33%) Data Analysis
11 6 (13.33%) Software Engineering
12 5 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
12 5 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 5 (11.11%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 24 (53.33%) SQL
2 16 (35.56%) JavaScript
3 10 (22.22%) Python
4 4 (8.89%) PowerShell
5 3 (6.67%) Bash
5 3 (6.67%) Java
5 3 (6.67%) RPG
5 3 (6.67%) RPG IV
Qualifications
1 26 (57.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 17 (37.78%) Master's Degree
3 16 (35.56%) PMI Certification
3 16 (35.56%) PMP
4 3 (6.67%) DBS Check
4 3 (6.67%) Numerate Degree
5 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.44%) CBAP
5 2 (4.44%) CEH
5 2 (4.44%) CISSP
5 2 (4.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (2.22%) OSCP
6 1 (2.22%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.22%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.22%) VCAP
6 1 (2.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.22%) Docker
1 1 (2.22%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.22%) Nessus
2 1 (2.22%) Terraform
2 1 (2.22%) vRealize
2 1 (2.22%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 14 (31.11%) ServiceNow
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (11.11%) Google
3 5 (11.11%) Splunk
4 3 (6.67%) AppDynamics
4 3 (6.67%) IBM
5 1 (2.22%) Genesys
5 1 (2.22%) Oracle
5 1 (2.22%) VMware